As a deity name
Name 215 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
ornament
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gahanāyai" is the dative of "gahanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gahanāyai" is the dative of "gahana" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
gahanā f. ornament, DevīP.
gahana mf(ā)n. (g. kṣubhnādi) deep, dense, thick, impervious, impenetrable, inexplicable, hard to be understood, MBh.; R. &c.
gahana n. an abyss, depth (‘water’, Naigh.; Nir.), RV. x, 129, 1
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